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In this issue's magazine section you will see articles from five continents that cover a huge range of topics, from basic sciences (such as the pathology of emphysema) to global public health (such as palliative care in developing countries).
This finding is in confirmation with other studies, in which besides acute bleeding and gastrointestinal symptoms, distressing dyspnoea, delirium and agitated anxiety also where found to be the main reasons for sedation in end-of-life care [ 32 ] . The adequate treatment and care of patients of patients with otherwise refractory symptoms certainly is a great challenge in palliative care and improvement in this field is needed urgently.
Finally, we did not account for differences between patients' severity of illness, variations in residents' critical or palliative care experience, comfort in caring for dying patients or the influence of the fellow or attending physician on management decisions.
[ 35 36 37 ] . Certainly also the cultural background determines attitudes and view points to the goals of care and in which situations of "intolerable suffering" sedation is ethically acceptable [ 38 ] . In several retrospective and prospective surveys the reported frequency of sedation due to intractable symptoms in different palliative care settings ranged from 7-52% with increasing incidence especially for "existential suffering" [ 39 40 41 ] . Diagnostic criteria and clinical preconditions for the consideration of sedation in patients with far advanced disease have been described by several authors [ 42 43 44 ] , but aims, targets, types of sedation and decision making remain conflicting issues.
This also means, that sedation cannot compensate personal palliative support and care - it must be combined.
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